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Fifth Republic: Presidents

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President Lived from to Party
Charles de Gaulle 1890–1970 8 January 1959 28 April 1969 (resigned) UNR then UDR
Alain Poher 1909–1996 28 April 1969 15 June 1969 (interim) PDM
Georges Pompidou 1911–1974 15 June 1969 2 April 1974 (died in office) UDR
Alain Poher 1909–1996 2 April 1974 19 May 1974 (interim) PDM
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 1926– 19 May 1974 21 May 1981 UDF
François Mitterrand 1916–1996 21 May 1981 17 May 1995 Socialist
Jacques Chirac 1932– 17 May 1995 16 May 2007 RPR then UMP
Nicolas Sarkozy 1955– 16 May 2007 15 May 2012 UMP
François Hollande 1954– 15 May 2012 (incumbent) Socialist

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